Report: Seahawks fire head strength and conditioning coach

According to reports, Seahawks head strength and conditioning coach Chris Carlisle has been fired.

According to reports, Seahawks head strength and conditioning coach Chris Carlisle has been fired.

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According to reports, Seahawks head strength and conditioning coach Chris Carlisle has been fired.

According to reports, Seahawks head strength and conditioning coach Chris Carlisle has been fired.

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Report: Seahawks fire head strength and conditioning coach

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The Seahawks have fired head strength and conditioning coach Chris Carlisle, per ESPN reports on Wednesday.

Carlisle oversaw the Seahawks' weight room and the "overall physical development of the team, helping its movement be efficient as possible," according to his bio on the team website. He came to Seattle with Carroll in 2010 from USC, where he served to the same capacity for the Trojans.

The reported move comes just days after the Seahawks' season came to an end with a wild-card loss to the Dallas Cowboys. At his end-of-season news conference on Monday, Carroll told reporters that he didn't anticipate any big shakeups to his coaching staff in the offseason.

"There are a lot of changes in the league coming, so who knows," Carroll said. "I don't know what's going to happen. We'll see how that goes but we don't anticipate any major changes."

Before joining Carroll at USC in 2000, Carlisle was the associate head strength and conditioning coach at the University of Tennessee for three years (1998-2000). He was diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease in December of 2000, but was in remission by the summer of 2001.

Carlisle was also named the 2006 National Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year by the Professional Football Strength and Conditioning Coaches Society.